Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes (ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series)

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Synopsis
This volume presents a range of views about language, learning, and teaching in English for Specific Purposes (ESP). Its purpose is to go beyond individual cases and practices to examine the approaches and ideas on which they are based. The aim is for readers to adopt an analytical stance toward the field and to identify current perspectives in ESP and the ideas driving them.Ideas and Options in English for Specific Purposes does not promote any one approach, but rather identifies and illustrates those in evidence today. The main emphasis is on the links between theory and ESP teaching and research. Ideas from linguistics, sociolinguistics, education, SLA, and social theories are described. Links are then made between these ideas and ESP course designs, instructional materials, and research projects. Thus the book moves back and forth between descriptions of theories, teaching practice, and research.Part I introduces the book's approach to description of ESP and the framework used to investigate it. Part II examines ideas of language, learning, and teaching in ESP. Recognizing that ESP is taught in many different countries and contexts, the author draws on a wide range of examples of teaching practice and research from around the world and from different branches of ESP, including English for Academic Purposes, English for Professional Purposes, and English for Vocational Purposes. From Chapter 3 onward, each chapter includes Questions for Discussion and Projects, to encourage readers to research and analyze the practices of ESP in their own contexts and to consider the ideas they draw on in their own teaching.This text is geared toward graduate-level TESOL education courses.
Copyright:
2006

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ISBN-13:
9781135705190
Related ISBNs:
9780805844177, 9781410617040, 9781135705206, 9781135705152, 9780805844184
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Education, Language Arts
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